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The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

DramaCrimeComedy
1974, Movie, 1h 50min
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Country: United States
Cast:
Ben Johnson,
Dean Smith,
William Atherton,
Goldie Hawn
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Steven Spielberg
Director
Ben Johnson
As Captain Tanner
Dean Smith
As Russ Berry
William Atherton
As Clovis Poplin
Goldie Hawn
As Lou Jean Poplin
Dean Jones
As Policeman at Football Game (uncredited)
Bill Thurman
As Hunter
Richard Bright
As Marvin Dybala (uncredited)

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The Sugarland Express is a 1974 crime-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on a true story. The movie follows Lou Jean Poplin, who helps her husband Clovis escape from prison to retrievetheir son from foster care. They kidnap a highway patrolman, Maxwell Slide, and hold him hostage as they travel across Texas, pursued by a growing caravan of police cars, news vans, and helicopters. Despite the chaos and danger, the trio forms a bond, and Slide even helps them evade the authorities. The film features Goldie Hawn as Lou Jean and William Atherton as Clovis, with Ben Johnson and Michael Sacks co-starring.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Sugarland Express include Disco Godfather, The Longest Yard, Coonskin, Schoolgirl Hitchhikers, Gumshoe, Freebie and the Bean.

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The Sugarland Express was released in theaters on April 5, 1974.

 

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